About this programme
1/3. The dapper Belgian sleuth receives several anonymous letters outlining a killer's intention to murder a succession of people in alphabetical order, prompting him to try to unmask the culprit before the body-count mounts. Crime drama based on the Agatha Christie novel, starring David Suchet, with Pippa Guard, Donald Sumpter and Miranda Forbes.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Hercule Poirot
- David Suchet
- Capt Arthur Hastings
- Hugh Fraser
- Chief Insp James Japp
- Philip Jackson
- Donald Fraser
- Nicholas Farrell
- Megan Barnard
- Pippa Guard
- Alexander Bonaparte Cust
- Donald Sumpter
- Franklin Clarke
- Donald Douglas
- Mary Drower
- Cathryn Bradshaw
- Thora Grey
- Nina Marc
- Insp Glen
- David McAlister
- Lady Clarke
- Vivienne Burgess
- Miss Merrion
- Ann Windsor
- Franz Ascher
- Michael Mellinger
- Mrs Turton
- Miranda Forbes
- Supt Carter
- Peter Penry-Jones
- Mrs Marbury
- Lucinda Curtis
- Deveril
- Jeremy Hawk
- Dr Kerr
- Allan Mitchell
- Mr Barnard
- John Breslin
- Mr Downes
- Campbell Graham
- Mr Strange
- Norman McDonald
- Doncaster sergeant
- Claude Close
- Constable
- Clifford Milner
- Andover sergeant
- Alex Knight
- Nurse
- Jane Birdsall
- Man in library
- Andrew Williamson
- Commissionaire
- Gordon Salkilld
Crew
- Director
- Andrew Grieve
- Dramatised By
- Clive Exton
- Producer
- Brian Eastman
- Writer
- Agatha Christie
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